MRI: Parker’s pain is from muscle strain

An MRI exam on Monday showed that Parker, the Spurs’ starting point guard, has a mild strain of the left iliopsoas, which sounds more like small dinosaur than a small group of muscles on the front side of the hip joint, which is what it is.

The good news: The team’s medical staff has not ordered Parker to sit out for an extended period of time.

The Spurs officially list Parker’s availability as day to day, which means the real mystery is whether or not he will be available when the Spurs meet the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night at AT&T Center, their first home game this month.

Parker sat out Sunday’s game in Detroit. According to a team spokesperson, he is expected to participate in a scheduled practice session on Tuesday afternoon.

Mike Monroe

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How do the spurs start the season without back up players competing with the known starters? If the tag on the spurs is old and not athletic, why go get old non athletic players? How is that a good fit? Someone in the front office needs to go!

Anyone who thinks the Spurs can turn their season around is an idiot. They blew that chance by not trading for a big man at the deadline.

This team will be lucky to finish .500. They are the worst team in the NBA right now, as losses to the 76ers and Pistons showed.

Pops and everyone else in the front office should be fired for making one bad personnel move after another the last couple of years. Jefferson should never be allowed to leave the bench since all he cares about is his paycheck and he’s the reason the Spurs suck so bad. And Bogans, Finley and Bonner should all be released. Players in the D League are better than those stiffs.

Spurs fans should not waste their money and attend home games unless they enjoy watching the opposing team win. The Spurs will be worse than the Clippers and Warriors starting next season. This year will be the beginning of a long streak in which the Spurs miss the playoffs many years in a row. And once they start getting high draft choices, they’ll just waste them on foreign players who will never end up playing for the Spurs.

I have observed our season so far and I must say that I am still one of the very few optimistic Spurs fans. It’s not like we do not have the players from number 1 to 5, we have players that stand up well against any individual players on any team. However, our problem has been that of jelling, the team is not jelling at all.

Our team has always been known to be that team that is built for the playoffs and on that note we should start looking at how we stack up against any potential opponent. Again, playoffs is usually a different ballgame. I believe we will be ready come playoffs, some fans are already thinking we may not even qualify for the playoffs but I believe we will at the least. The likes of Mcdyess, R.Jeff due to their hitherto futile attempt to win a ring, will be the fresh charcoal in our playoff fire. Go Spurs Go !!!!!!!

@ NASHVILLE SPURS FAN . . . good points all around. I think DUNCAN has two more productive years left if he takes a TERRY PORTER role like he did late in his career (thats right. . .on the SPURS) though DUNCAN will produce more IM sure.

RJ needs to be on a PHOENIX paced team with a PG that can create and dish (or maybe that could work with a SPLITTER,MANU,IAN and HILL lineup???) The SPURS need to rest TP for a month and bring him come back two weeks before seasons end to get back in rhythm just in time for the playoffs . . SPURS need to finish 5th in the WEST to have any chance this year. OKC is still young and though are hot now will cool down in the weeks to come,the SUNS always get streaky towards the end so 5th isnt that insane of an idea lol I just hope HOLT doesnt ruin DUNCANS last years with us cause like ROBINSON . . he deserves the same exit with a championship! GO SPURS GO!!!!!

Yep – agreed with all your assessments but I think Mcdyess needs to play more minutes like he did to get accustomed to the offence/defence. RJ should stop playing power forward and please don’t ask him to be a jump shooter or 3 point shooter, he never was and never will be, he is a slasher, transition,in motion jump shooter who can create havoc if given a little space one on one and if given plays that are designed for him, that may boost his confidence which might give him the licence to be aggressive and it may flow to his defensive game.

I think Mason needs to be more consistent on the three as I think all the trade rumours have stuffed him up but I hope its behind him and he can start making them again and I think if he doesn’t then there’s room for Fin.

I would start Hill, Mason, Manu, Mcdyess and TD. Blair, RJ and Mahinmi(he can give us 10 minutes or more of enthusiasm and help to protect the rim and that would be 8 man rotation and I would play Fin in case mason, Manu and Hill are struggling from 3 and maybe Bonner on occasions where the matchups help us. leave Bogans on the bench and trade him next year…

I’m beyond the initial frustration of this Spurs team. We have to look at the positives.

A. Duncan is playing at a high level despite his age. This gives me hope that he can give us at least one more year at this level.

B. We got a steal in the 2nd round with DeJuan Blair. This kid plays with fire…fits the San Antonio Spurs mold…and will be a force in Silver and Black for years to come.

C. Ginobili is back…well..pretty darn close anyway. Manu is playing at the level we’re used to. Once he gets his mid-range game down, and knocks down a few more threes…look out. We can’t let this guy go next year.

D. Finally, and this may sound wierd, but Antonio McDyess is doing what we ask him to do. What did we expect when he came to San Antonio this year? Solid defense?? Shot blocking??? Um…that’s going to be a resounding NOOOO!!! We brought this guy in to hit the mid-range jumper…and that’s exactly what he’s doing. He’s hitting it with consistency, and is finding open space on the floor to get the jumper.

Look guys, we can still turn this thing around. Like I’ve said…I’m probably the MOST frustrated Spurs fan you’ll find. If we can just get Richard Jefferson a little more aggressive on both ends. If we can just get Tony Parker healthy and playing at that level we’re used to. If we can just rotate defensively the way Pop expects. If we can get our perimeter shooting going again….we’ll be right there come playoff time. I know, a LOT OF IF’s! But look…we’ve got the talent. LETS TURN THIS THING AROUND SPURS!!!

Timmy is playing quite well. Twenty shots for twenty points? He is averaging 19.1 points on 7.6 of 14.7 shooting, 51% for the season…hardly twenty shots for twenty points.

And tank the season?? Thats dumber than the statement about tim. Tank the season and get into the lottery for what? There is one good prospect in the draft and thats it, and the spurs would have to lose every remaining game to get in position to get that number one pick. So stupid.

And for those who think Duncan is playing good basketball. Wrong…Timmy has to shoot the ball 20 times to make 20 points. That pretty much gives noone else a chance to get in groove. If Timmys season was wasted it was 2 seasons ago when Timmy still had game. If anything they wasted Manu’s season. Manu can still play. Timmy can barely play against small bigs.

I heard TP is gonna be out for awhile. And honestly thats good news. Now we can look forward to the lottery if Pop plays his cards right. Rest Timmy for the rest of the season and Manu too. Let everyone else play and who cares how many games we lose. The more the merrier. This team has to know it would be meaningless to try and kill themselves to make the playoffs, knowing they wont get far. The other NBA teams are fine tuning their runs. And we’re far from even tuning a starting lineup. TP’s injury could be a blessing in disguise.

The spurs are wasting a great year by Duncan, he is putting up at least 20 and 10 every night. What the Spurs need and have needed ever since David retired is a legitimate true center !!! Then we could free up Tim some more and would have a much better defense. They should have done whatever it took to trade for Chris Bosh, instead of Richard Jefferson !!!